STRICTER dog laws will come into force in NSW later this year, according to Companion Animals Taskforce chair Andrew Cornwell.He said 20 dog attacks in Orange last year was far too high and the taskforce would look at options to reduce the number.

“Any dog attack is one dog attack too many,” he said.

“We’re working on dangerous dog laws over the next few months.

“We’ll come up with more recommendations we think will help bring down this number. They may include things like microchipping, breeding regulations or tougher registration and pet ownership laws.

“Something has to be done.”

Mr Cornwell said education was the key to better results.

“The most important thing is education, unquestionably. We want to make it easier to be a responsible dog owner and that will cut these attacks down,” he said.

“The vast majority of people are great pet owners. Unfortunately, some people don’t do the right thing by their pets and by the community. These are the people we want to target and help educate.”

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Typical polllie responses. He is the Chairman of the Taskforce, and he cant get his facts straight. Its 20,000 dogs and 30,000 cats in NSW, and Aus does not have the “highest number of pet ownership” in the world. Why are they always quoting that??